Today has been the best day ive ever had. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarters in studio 57. Pelley good evening. Melting glaciers, rising sea level, higher temperatures. If you think someone is trying to tell us something, someone just did. The scientists on a United Nations Climate Panel are out with a new warning about climate change, and theyre telling us what they think needs to be done before, as they see it, its too late. For one thing, theyre calling for major changes in the energy we use to heat and cool our homes and power our cars. Heres chip reid. Evidence that the earth is warming is unequivocal and emissions of greenhouse gasses from cars, power plants and factories are primarily to blame. Thats according to the u. N. s Intergovernmental Panel on climate change. In the strongest language its ever used, the panel concluded that continued emission las vegas increase the likelihood of severe, pervasive ander irreversible impact. Climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer says the effects are already being felt around the world. The productivity of crops is slowing down due the climate change. There are effects on human health, that is more people are dying due to heat waves, due the climate change. Reporter oppenheimer is a principle author of the report. We have small win deof opportunity where we can slow this thing down and reverse the trend. Reporter accomplishing that would require a massive global shift from fossil fuels like coal and oil to renewable sources of energy like solar and wind and could even require expensive futuristic technologies to remove Carbon Dioxide and other gases from the atmosphere, but legislation before congress has been blocked primarily by members from fossil fuel producing states and developing countries like china have shown little interest in reducing their emissions. Next month at a u. N. Conference in lima, peru, delegates plan to draft a resolution on reducing emissions and they hope to adopt it. Pelley chip, thank you. New england is seeing some seasonal climate change. Maine is digging out from under a foot of snow. Some parts of the state got up to 20 inches yesterday. Utility companies are trying to restore power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses. The states biggest Power Company says it isnt sure that all the polling places will have electricity on election day. That, of course, is tomorrow. Though many folks have already cast ballots in states that have early voting. In the bat battle for control of the United States senate, our cbs news Battleground Tracker finds that the republicans have a betterthaneven shot of taking it. Weve assembled some of our campaign 2014 Election Team tonight. First well go to Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes on why the democrats are nervous. Nancy . Reporter scott, there are nine battleground seats in the senate, and seven of them are held by democrats right now in states that by in large went for mitt romney. So these are democrats who would be in tough races even if the president were more popular, even if voters felt better about the economy. As it is, voters republicans i spoke to sounded markedly more confident than democrats, especially in more tossup races like iowa and colorado. Theyre even starting to feel they might be able to win in races that seemed out of week reach a week ago like new hampshire. Democrats feel they have a superior ground game that could help them make up a two to threepoint deficit. Pelley Bob Schieffer is our chief washington correspondent and the an core of face the nation. Bob, what are you looking for tomorrow night . Reporter scott, most of the analysis suggests the republicans will pick up enough seats to take the majority in the senate. It will be the first time that the republicans will control both houses of congress. But i tell you this im not making any bets on this yet because this electorate is in the nastiest mood i have ever seen. Theyre mad about everything. Nothing works. They dont like the president. They like the Congress Even less. Who knows. They may decide they dont even want to vote. Im going the wait and see what happens. Pelley its important to note there are 36 governors races up tomorrow, as well. Bill whittaker has been following those. Bill, what are you looking for . Reporter three races to watch, florida, wisconsin and colorado. In florida, the republican governor rick scott is in a tight race with the democrat charlie crist. In wisconsin, republican Governor Scott walker is facing democrat mary burke. Both scott and walker have followed the republican playbook on taxes, on abortion, on samesex marriage, and tomorrows kind of shaping up to be a referendum on those policies inch colorado, the democratic governor, john hickenlooper, is facing a backlash for having supported tougher gun legislation, and hes in a very tight race with republican bob beauprez. Scott, the same number of governors seats as senate seats are up for grabs tomorrow, 36, but the candidates for governor have outspent the candidates for senate by more than 50 million. Pelley wow. John dickerson, our political director, john, whats riding on the governors races . Well, voters tell pollsters that basically washington is so frozen in gridlock that even if the party that controls the senate changes, nothing will change. In the state they are still operating in government the way its supposed to. The governors decisions will affect law and order, education, health care. Take maine, in that state, the incumbent, paul lepage, has vetoed his legislatures bill to expand medicaid as part of the Affordable Care act. If the democrat win, that expansion will take place and go forward. There are also political stakes. If scott walker, the republican, is reelected in wisconsin or john kasich is reelected, the republican in ohio, immediately theyll be talked about as president ial hopeful because those are battleground states. If they dont run, theyll nevertheless be models for anybody who does want to win in those state. Pelley thank you, john. Thank you, everyone. Bob, nancy, john and bill will join me on our cbs news Election Night coverage. Well have updates throughout the evening and then an hourlong special at 10 00, 9 00 central. Of course, you can get the latest returns online at cbsnews. Com and on twitter. Our handle is cbspolitics. Today richard branson, owner of Virgin Galactic, said fridays crash will not destroy his plans to carry tourists into space. He vowed to fly with his family on the Maiden Voyage when his space ship becomes operational in the future. For now the mission is to find out why the prototype space ship two broke up during a test in califoia. Heres John Blackstone. Reporter as investigators are continuing to collect evidence from the wreckage scattered over five miles of desert, they now know what happened in the seconds before the spacecraft broke apart. Twin tail sections of spaceship two called feathers were unlocked by the copilot earlier than usual. Investigators saw that on cockpit video. Christopher hart is acting chairman of the National Transportation safety board. This was a test flight accident. So that meant it had cameras on board. Reporter how many cameras . Well, six on that airplane. There were some on the chase airplane. There was at least one camera on the ground. Reporter what is supposed to happen is shown in this Virgin Galactic test flight video. The mother ship releases a space plane which then he gains begins to climb. As it goes up, the fet, remain behind the craft. On dissent, pilots deploy the feathers up to slow down the spacecraft. So when this is going up, those should not have been open . Thats correct. Reporter not until near the top of the trajectory. Correct. But they did open. About two seconds after they start the move, thats when the tape stops. Reporter michael alsbury, the 39yearold copilot was killed. Peter siebold, the pilot, remains in the hospital after parachuteing to safety. N. T. S. B. Investigators have not yet interviewed him. The crash is a setback for billionaire entrepreneur richard branson. He has already signed up some 800 potential space tourists who paid up to 250,000 to ride a Virgin Galactic flight into space. One or two people must be extremely nervous at this stage. We need to know exactly what happened and make absolutely certain it can never happen again. Reporter branson had hoped to make first commercial passenger flights into space by next year, but federal investigators here say their final report on this accident, scott, wont be completed for about a year. Pelley John Blackstone for us tonight. John, thank you. Over the past few months americans got to know Brittany Maynard, a 29yearold california woman diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. She vowed to end her life on her own terms, and over the weekend, she did, taking lethal drugs prescribed by a doctor. Jan crawford was one of the least reporters to speak to her. I think until anyone has walked a mile in my shoes and knows what theyre facing and has felt the just bonesplitting headaches that i get sometimes or the seizures or the inability to speak or the moments where im looking in my husbands face and i cant think of his name. Reporter when we spoke with Brittany Maynard three weeks ago, her message was clear. To the people who would say, well, youre choosing to end your life, thats suicide, you would say, no. No, cancer is ending my life. I am choosing to end it a little sooner and in a lot less pain and suffering. Reporter in a final message, maynard said, it is people who pause to appreciate life and give thanks who are happiest. Love and peace to you all. After her diagnosis last spring, maynard moved from california to oregon, one of five states that allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients with terminal illness. She spent her final days crossing items off her bucket list, like a trip last month with family to the grand canyon. She said her one regret is not having children, but she hoped that sharing her story will be her lasting legacy. Im not ashamed to attach my name to what i think is a right that should belong to all terminally ill americans. Reporter now, the public response to maynards decision has been overwhelming,. In less than one month, her youtube videos have gotten more than 13 million hits. Scott, supporters hope her story will lead other states to pass their own death with dignity laws. Pelley touching interview. Jan, thank you very much. In new york, this was movein day for the first tenants at one world trade center, the tallest building in the western hemisphere, 1,776 feet. It has risen just steps from where the twin towers stood before they were brought down by terrorists 13 years ago. Publisher condee nast will occupy nearly one quarter of its 104 floors. 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Under immense pressure, the Nigerian Government made a surprise announcement over two weeks ago that a truce had been reached. An end to boko harams reign of violence and a return of the girls to their desperate families, but Shekau States there never was a truce, only battle, hitting, striking and killing with a gun. In july a former negotiator told us, imagine the worst, and it has happened. He said there were reports that many of the girls had been repeatedly raped and others were sent across the border to neighboring chad and cameroon. It appears this may have been right. Pelley nd debora patta is joining us tonight from johannesburg. Debora, why did the government announce a truce . Reporter it looks like the Nigerian Governments been scammed. We spoke to a man who had direct knowledge of the rescue talks and told us the authorities paid millions of dollars to a person supposedly representing boko haram but who actually had no power to release the kidnapped girls. 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Pelley were going to end tonight with an update on the story Steve Hartman brought us last month about a young woman with a dream and her race against time to achieve it. It all came down to this weekend when she had her one and only shot. What happened . Heres steve. On the road. When people lined the streets of cincinnati yesterday, they werent hoping for a glimpse of some prince or president. In fact, this was not about celebrity at all. [cheering] it wiz about an unassuming College Freshman basketball player named lauren hill and her attempt to turn a living nightmare into a dream come true. About a year ago, lauren was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. But instead of wallowing, she set a goal to try and live long enough to play in her First College game here at mt. St. Joseph university. To that end, she practiced. Even when she couldnt dribble, she tried. Even when she couldnt stand, she stayed. When im not there, i feel like im letting people down. Reporter lauren has weeks to live at best, and here she is worried about letting other people down. Why does that matter so much to you . Because theyre my friends. Theyre like my family. They keep me going. You got one heck of a teammate right here. Ive got one heck of a team. To make sure lauren would get a chance to play, the ncaa moved the mt. St. Joe Season Opener up two weeks. They also got a bigger gym to accommodate the 10,000 people who bought tickets. I cant wait for her to look up in the stands and see all the people, her friends and family. Youre going to see it in her eyes just how happy it was. Its going to be really, really a touching moment. Im really, really excited that so many people care enough to come. Reporter the crowd was thrilled just to see her step foot on the floor. Thats really all anyone was expecting. Lauren just doesnt have the energy to run down the court more than once or twice. Which is why her teammates wasted no time getting her the ball. It was first basket of the game. Lauren came in again near the end and scored the last. Book ending to this remarkable fairy tale. We will remember that layup forever. Todays been the best day ive ever had. Thank you. Reporter like lou gehrig before her, lauren hill has found a place for joy in her personal tragedy, and although no one wants her disease, we can all use a little of what shes got. Steve hartman, on the road, in cincinnati, ohio. Pelley we have more for you about lauren hill on our web site, cbsnews. Com. And this friday steve will tell us about the role played by the opposing team, the hyram college terriers in making laurens dream come true. Thats the cbs evening news for tonight. From all of us from cbs news all around the world, good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is Bruce Johnson in southeast washington where a one month old child has died. He was apparently beaten to death. Well have that story, plus reaction from neighbors. Plus, candidates stumping alongside some big names and out shaking hands with countless voters. Must be election day eve. The last minute push coming up. Im Debra Alfarone in northwest d. C. Where eight new automated cameras are going into effect. Well talk about just how cool its going to be to start on election day and how warm it will be. Also looking ahead to another cold front on thursday. Good evening, im jan jeffcoat. And im derek mcginty. Nobody is in custody for the death of a one month old baby in southeast d. C. The medical examiner says a boy died from an apparent beating. It happened in Trenton Place. Bruce johnson reveals some of the details not given in a public report and we want to warn you they are disturbing. Its horrible. Its terrible. Its heartbreaking. Give him life. Even people afraid to give their names or show their faces wanted to weigh in on the slain. That took place last wednesday morning inside 1769 Trenton Place in southeast. It was crazy. I mean, why would somebody do that to a child . It was after 11 00 in the morning on october 29, that a 7th District Police officer and paramedics responded to a report that one month old tyreek brown was unconscious in e apartment. The baby was pronounced dead at the hospital. The medical examiner this weekend ruled his death a homicide. Anybody suspects something was wrong . I didnt hear nothing. I am hearing that someone killed a baby, thats crazy. The Police Report is not available to the pu